Kate Shao

About

Kate is the Assistant Arts Editor for volume 141 of the Journal. She is a fourth-year Political Studies student from Winnipeg. She suffers from severe case of wanderlust and caffeine addiction.

Stories

Schuyler Smith uses his palette knife at an Art Battle competition in Halifax.
January 10, 2014
A battle of brushes
November 22, 2013
Ignorant travellers
Said the Whale played to a sold out Grad Club audience.
November 20, 2013
A gong show for show-goers
The first venue that Said the Whale played in Kingston was a house party.
November 15, 2013
Old habits die hard
The Blind Boys of Alabama are five-time Grammy Award winning gospel group from Talladega, Alabama.
November 15, 2013
Sounds of soul
Amanda Balsys, Kingston resident and Queen’s grad, talks about the origins and direction of the band.
November 8, 2013
Prairie sounds
The Journal caught up with experimental electronic band Phèdre before their show last weekend in their hometown of Toronto.
November 8, 2013
The dawning of a golden age
Studio 330 offers yoga by donation for all levels of practice.
November 1, 2013
Bare essentials
AroarA’s debut album, Into the Pines, adds melodies to American writer Alice Notley’s book of poems.
November 1, 2013
Getting lost in the pines
Kelly Rose Pflug-Back was released from the Vanier Centre for Women in February and is one of the women behind the new publication Voices Unchained.
October 25, 2013
Beyond bars
Brody Hatch, former Queen’s student, is the CEO and founder of Nude Voice Apparel, a clothing label that aims to spread messages of social awareness.
October 22, 2013
Stories in the fabric
Hollerado, Born Ruffians and The Zolas shared the stage Wednesday evening at Ale House.
October 18, 2013
A musical hybrid
The Zolas— Zachary Gray (pictured left) and Tom Dobrzanski— named themselves after the naturalist French writer, Émile Zola.
October 10, 2013
Cerebral metaphors
The series’ founders, Laura Kelly and Vincent Perez, kicked off Mouthy in 2009.
October 8, 2013
Mouthing off
Queen’s Players, a campus club dedicated to raising funds for charities through their performances, is focusing on the quality of production, rather than alcohol.
October 4, 2013
Getting past the ‘drinking party’
The cornhusk dolls represent the ‘facelessness’ of the missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
October 1, 2013
Putting a face to the number
Ryan Woods was inspired to start his own YouTube channel after his experience working on-set in England.
October 1, 2013
Inspiration from abroad
Four of The Artel’s collective members, Emily Zielke, Magdalena Slabosz, Annie Dunsford and Graham Juneau posed after the Doom Squad show.
September 27, 2013
Diamond in the rough
Aaron Carter takes the stage during a sold out show at The Mansion Monday night.
September 24, 2013
A childhood dream comes true
Jeannette Walls is the author of this year’s Queen’s Reads novel, The Glass Castle.
September 20, 2013
Creating a common ground
Alvin Roth talks business.
September 20, 2013
Nobel Prize winner talks transplants
Rachael Guichon, ArtSci '14 and a BFA student, feels the AMS could have been more open about student art involvement in The Underground.
September 17, 2013
Student artwork below ground
July 30, 2013
A testament to talent
Claire Pierce and Lauren Mathieson, both ArtSci ’14, are counselors with Summer SmARTs through the Summer Work Experience program.
June 25, 2013
The SmART way
Catch the Travelling Steam Show on June 6 at Time to Laugh.
May 27, 2013
The return of a rock and roll show
Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Nomadic Massive and Souljazz Orchestra (clockwise) are some of the eclectic Canadian artists performing.
May 27, 2013
Sound of skeletons
Drama student Alyssa Leclair plays the role of The Lecturer in the musical theatre piece Reefer Madness. She is the primary storyteller in the show.
April 4, 2013
Marijuana madness
Erin Smith, JD and MBA ’12, will be receiving the Agnes Benidickson Tricolour Award this spring for her significant contribution to the community in a non-athletic and non-academic way.
April 13, 2012
Law student wins Tricolour award
Thirteen Law students camp out on campus to bring awareness to youth homelessness in Kingston. All proceeds will be going to the Kingston Youth Shelter.
March 16, 2012
Homeless for five days

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